DIRT ROAD REPORT
Jackson Dean has several tattoos, one of which was inspired by some ink he saw in the 1992 film The Last of The Mohicans. He tells us that the one on his left forearm is a combination of the character’s tattoo and his own embellishment:
Country music likes to celebrate small-town life. When Craig Morgan sings “Chicken an’ some baked beans” and “Cat-napping on the porch swing” . . . I can smell it, and see it.
But what about the Jeff Foxworthy “You might be a redneck” stuff? For that, we go to Ashley McBryde. Her new album, “Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville”, is out tomorrow, and she said it looks at things a little differently.
She tells me, “Nashville does a great job of telling you about tailgates and tanned legs, and we paint a perfect picture of life in small towns, and I love that we honor that.
“Also, though, those places are full of trailer parks and meth heads and people doing [crap] they’re not supposed to do too.”
Ashley wants you to know the songs are NOT mean-spirited, though. She says, “This is not an exploitative project in any way. We are ‘tongue-in-cheek’ celebrating the diversity of life in the places that we come from.”
Gwen Stefani used to think Blake Shelton’s Southern accent was fake. Listen to what she told Camila Cabello on “The Voice:
I still haven’t gotten use to her…
